Check-loop.



PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906.

W. U. LADD.

CHECK LOOP.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.24, 1904.

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WILLIAM C. LADD, OF MENDOTA, ILLINOIS.

CHECK-LOOP- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 2, 1906.

Application filed March 24,1904. Serial No. 199,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. LADD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mendota, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Check-Loops, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction of such devices.

With the foregoing objects in view the invention resides in the exact details of construction and in the precise combination of parts hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a check-loop embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a heavy leather loop member having its ends 2 closely drawn together and mediately embraced by the compressed terminals 3 of a metal loop member 4, the ends of the two members being secured by rivets 5, passed therethrough. The loop members 1 and 4 are arranged in such position relatively to each other that the leather member may be quickly applied to or withdrawn from a check-hook on a harnesssaddle and the metal member occupy a proper position relative to an overdraw. To render the metal loop member 1 freely compressible, the terminals thereof which embrace the ends of the leather loop member 1 are unrestricted. In other words, the said metal loop member is free of all cross-braces or connecting means adjacent to its compressible terminals or at any other portion thereof.

In the form of the check-loop shown a metal strap or band 6 surrounds the leather loop member 1 to strengthen the same and assist in keeping it in proper form, the upper ends 7 of said band or strap being interposed between the terminals 3 of the metal loop member and the end of the leather loop member. Serrations or projections 8 are formed on the inner opposing sides of the terminals 7 of the strap or band 6. The advantage of the serrations or rough projections on the in ner opposing sides of the ends 7 of the strap or band 6 is that in the event that one of the rivets becomes loose or strained the ends of the leather loop member will still be held between the compressed terminals of said metal loop member and serve to hold the terminals of the leather loop member in place.

The improved device will be found exceptionallyuseful, and to accommodate different applications changes in the dimensions and proportions may be adopted at will.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A check-loop comprising a metal loop member having its ends disposed in parallel relation with each other, a leather loop member having its ends pressed tightly together and inserted between the ends of said metal loop member, and a metal strap lying close around the leather loop member and having its ends inserted between the ends of said metal loop member, the inner portions of the ends of said metal strap being serrated, so as to bite into the ends of the leather loop mem ber and a plurality of fastening devices extending through the ends of the metal loop member, strap, and leather loop member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. LADD.

Witnesses L. DILLON, H. POLLARD. 

